And Now…Working Out Of A Cardboard Box

For real. I have found myself in the alternate universe of cardboard lifestyle, and this planet keeps expanding.

Today I saw (virtually) the handsome cardboard cacti concocted by David Stark that made an appearance at West Elm. It seems Stark assembled many items, from the cacti to tissue boxes and clocks, for the opening of the newest West Elm in Manhattan and an auction benefiting the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. All of the materials used to make the items were recycled West Elm packing materials.

A few minutes after this discovery, I also landed (again, virtually) in the cardboard office of the Amsterdam ad agency Nothing. That’s the company’s name: Nothing. This office is made from cardboard; no nails, no glue. And it looks like it works very well. Nothing commissioned local designers Alrik Koudenburg and Joost van Bleiswijk to build the cardboard space.

Office of Nothing

I must admit, I’m beginning to like the idea of living in a cardboard world. Especially now that I can have a cardboard office equipped with cardboard plants.